ViaBTC's current referral program pays standard users a 10% referral ratio for 12 months, while approved Ambassadors can receive 20% while their Ambassador status remains valid. Rewards depend on mining activity rather than registration alone: an invited user must register through the referral link or code, connect hashrate, and generate eligible mining profits. ViaBTC states that referral relationships also cover sub-accounts, while merged-mining coins are excluded. Rewards are generally allocated daily at 08:30 (UTC+8). Current Ambassador requirements list invited hashrate examples of BTC ≥300T, LTC ≥5G, or KAS ≥10T, although ViaBTC may adjust those requirements.
ViaBTC separates the program into General Referral and Ambassador Referral. Every registered user can obtain a referral link or code, so the 10% General Referral tier does not require Ambassador approval. The reward period lasts 12 months from the invited user's registration date. An account registration alone produces no referral payment; the invited miner has to connect hashrate and generate mining profits before eligible service-fee activity can produce a reward.
That fee-based structure is easier to understand with a numerical example. If eligible mining activity from referred users produces $1,000 in corresponding ViaBTC service-fee income, a 10% ratio would represent $100 in referral rewards under the stated rate. At 20%, the equivalent amount would be $200. The illustration explains the percentage relationship only; actual payments depend on eligible mining activity and ViaBTC's applicable fee rules.
| Program level | Published ratio | Published period | Main requirement |
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| General Referral | 10% | 12 months | Referred miner registers and mines |
| Ambassador | 20% | While Ambassador status remains valid | Approval plus qualifying referral performance |
The 20% Ambassador tier therefore changes the economics for users who already introduce active miners. ViaBTC's Ambassador page currently lists invited-hashrate examples of BTC ≥300T, LTC ≥5G, or KAS ≥10T. ViaBTC also states that the hashrate requirements may be adjusted according to current conditions, so a threshold copied from a 2024, 2025, or 2026 article should not be treated as permanent.
Ambassador applications are assessed using referral information and invited hashrate rather than the number of account registrations alone.
That distinction matters because 100 registrations with no connected mining equipment do not create the same referral activity as a smaller group operating substantial hashrate. A mining educator, hosting provider, hardware community, or industry publisher may therefore have a better fit for the Ambassador program when its audience already runs mining equipment. ViaBTC also requires applicants to be valid users without malicious or suspicious account behavior.
Once Ambassador status is approved, ViaBTC says existing General Referral links and codes are automatically upgraded. A participant does not have to replace every previously distributed link simply to use the Ambassador tier. For someone who has published a referral URL across 20 articles, newsletters, mining guides, or community pages, avoiding a complete link replacement can reduce maintenance work while preserving established referral paths.
Existing referrals also deserve attention because ViaBTC extends the referral relationship from a referred main account to its sub-accounts. A mining operator may use several sub-accounts to separate machines, facilities, accounting groups, or clients. If eligible mining activity occurs through those sub-accounts, it can contribute to the referrer's rewards under ViaBTC's stated rules. Merged-mining coins, however, are excluded from the referral reward calculation.
The practical flow therefore contains more stages than “share a link and get paid”:
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A ViaBTC user obtains a personal referral link or code.
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A new miner registers through that referral path.
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The referred account connects mining hashrate.
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Eligible mining profits and associated service fees are generated.
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ViaBTC applies the relevant 10% or 20% referral ratio.
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Rewards are generally allocated at 08:30 (UTC+8) each day.
The third and fourth stages explain why hashrate matters more than raw signup volume. If 50 referred accounts register but only 10 connect mining equipment, the reward-producing group consists of the miners generating eligible fee activity. ViaBTC does not publish a fixed dollar payment per signup, so claims such as “$20 for every referral” would misrepresent the program. The published mechanism is percentage-based and tied to mining-related service fees.
Mining conditions can also be checked separately from referral records. ViaBTC publishes ViaBTC Mining Statistics, where users can review mining-related network information. Referral income should not be estimated from hashrate alone, however, because coin prices, network difficulty, pool payment methods, machine uptime, applicable service fees, and the referred user's actual mining activity can all affect the numbers observed over a 30-day or 12-month period.
A 20% referral ratio is not the same as receiving 20% of a referred miner's total mining revenue.
The percentage applies to the relevant platform fee revenue described by ViaBTC. Suppose a referred miner earns $5,000 from mining during a period. Applying 20% directly to that $5,000 and predicting a $1,000 referral payment would be incorrect unless $5,000 were itself the eligible fee base, which mining revenue normally is not. Calculations should start with the applicable service-fee amount rather than gross mining output.
Timing adds another detail. ViaBTC says referral rewards are normally allocated every day at 08:30 (UTC+8), while delays may occur. Daily allocation gives users more frequent records than a monthly-only schedule, but a single day's payment should not be multiplied by 365 and presented as a reliable annual forecast. Mining hashrate can move between pools, equipment can go offline, network difficulty changes, and Ambassador status must remain valid for the 20% tier.
The difference between 10% and 20% becomes easier to see over a larger eligible fee base:
| Eligible ViaBTC fee amount | 10% General Referral | 20% Ambassador |
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| $100 | $10 | $20 |
| $1,000 | $100 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 | $1,000 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
Those figures are mathematical illustrations, not projected payments. They show why Ambassador qualification becomes more relevant as eligible referred mining activity grows. At a $10,000 fee base, the difference between the two published percentages is $1,000; at $100, the difference is only $10. Actual account results must be taken from ViaBTC's referral records rather than a generic projection table.
Scale is also not restricted by a published referral-count ceiling. ViaBTC states that there is no limit on how many users can be referred. A participant could therefore refer 10, 100, or more miners, but the number itself does not establish payment size. A group of 10 active miners can produce more eligible fee activity than 100 accounts that register and never connect hashrate.
For larger mining communities, the quality of referral information also matters. A user considering the program should be told that the standard tier is 10% for 12 months, Ambassador referral is 20% while valid status is maintained, and payment requires eligible mining activity. Publishing only the 20% figure without explaining Ambassador qualification can give readers an inaccurate impression that every ViaBTC account automatically receives the higher rate.
The same care applies to hashrate requirements. Current examples include BTC ≥300T, LTC ≥5G, and KAS ≥10T, but ViaBTC states that requirements can be adjusted. Someone applying in 2026 should therefore use the figures displayed on ViaBTC's current Ambassador interface at the time of application. Historical screenshots or third-party posts may show older requirements even when the underlying 20% Ambassador structure remains familiar.
Referral status should be checked from the account interface before using a percentage or qualification threshold in a financial estimate.
Users should also separate three different measurements: referred accounts, referred hashrate, and referral rewards. An account count shows audience size; hashrate shows how much mining capacity referred users have connected; the reward record shows what ViaBTC actually allocated. Mixing the three can produce misleading comparisons, particularly when two referrers each have 100 invited accounts but very different numbers of active miners.
For ordinary users, the lower entry requirement keeps the General Referral tier simple. Registration provides access to a referral code or link, the published ratio is 10%, and the period is 12 months. There is no need to meet the BTC ≥300T, LTC ≥5G, or KAS ≥10T examples merely to participate in the standard referral program; those figures relate to the current Ambassador application framework.
For higher-volume referrers, maintaining Ambassador status becomes part of the calculation because the 20% rate is tied to the period of valid Ambassador status rather than a universal 12-month Ambassador promise. ViaBTC's wording should therefore be checked whenever someone estimates payments extending into 2027 or later. A forecast that assumes the present rate, qualification rules, and mining activity will remain unchanged for several years would go beyond the information ViaBTC currently publishes.
The program is best read as a mining-activity referral arrangement rather than a signup bonus. Standard users currently have a 10% ratio for 12 months; approved Ambassadors can receive 20% while their status remains valid; sub-account activity can qualify under the established referral relationship; merged-mining coins are excluded; and daily reward allocation is normally scheduled for 08:30 (UTC+8). All payment estimates still depend on eligible service-fee activity generated by miners who actually connect hashrate.